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Cottage City
residents ask
for support
Associated Students of NAU will request that all documents,
reports and studies relating to Cottage City’s closure be presented
to ASNAU officers for review, but a motion to ask the administra­tion
for a S50 relocation fee for each of the residents was tabled un­til
a future meeting. The measures followed complaints by several
former College City residents at the Oct.22 ASNAU meeting.
Cottage City’s 135 male residents were given approximately three
days to relocate after faulty natural gas lines were discovered at the
complex last week. Cottage City’s ^closure will be permanent,
university officials said.
Asks support to expose ‘dictator’
Iranian group founds
Anti-Khomeini faction
By Kate Riley
A Coalition of Democratic Iranian
Students that opposes Ayatollah Khomeini’s
regime in Iran is forming on the NAU cam­pus.
So fur, more than 30 Iranians have join­ed
the weekly meetings to dfstw s what’s hap­pening
in their war-torn homeland.
"The main importance of our coalition is
to unite Iranian students here and let them
know what’s going on in Ira^u The main goal
is to expose the reactionary government of
Iran and let Americans and Iranians know
what counterrevolutionaries they (the govern­ment
leaders) are,” said Morteza, an Iranian
Student who requested his whole name not be
used.
Morteza said the coalition stresses pure
democracy. There is not a group president or
chairman, and all decisions are jointly made.
However, the coalition does have an adviser-
Assistant Sociology Professor David McKell.
“ I’ve had some o f the students in my dass
for the last two years. I’ve given them support
because they have a difficult time getting their
message across. They were often mistaken as
pro-Khomeini during the hostage situation.
“ I^hink they are very well-organized. The
common core seems to be that they are anti-
Khomeini," McKell said.
Morteza said the group advocates complete
democracy in Iran and that the populace no
longer supports Khomeini’s regime, which he
described as a "center of facsism.”
“ Almost 90 percent of Iranians backed
Khomeini when he came in, because he was a
leader of the anti-dictatorship. Then he
betrayed the confidence o f the people and
killed the democratic movement.
“ When Khomeini came in, we all hoped for
freedom, but no one has it now,” he said.
Although he denounced Khomieni as a
"pet>MroiK*oise passive reactio n ary ,”
responsible for hundreds of political assasina-tions,
Morteza said the group hopes the
Ayatollah will not be murdered.
"W e don’t want Khomeini assasinated-that
would make him a hero. We want him in
a people’s court," Morteza said.
Morteza requested his surname not be used
for fear of, reprisals against himself and his
family, he said.
“ How can I be an Iranian and fear for my
life when my brothers and sisters are giving
their lives? I am worried about my family but
the nation comes first.
"M ost of us are only here for studying pur­poses.
We are getting an education but
nothing is better than home,” Morteza said.
Morteza said he believed some Khomeini
supporters may be spying on politically-minded
Iranian students in foreign univer­sities.
Some threats have already been in­sinuated
against the coalition here, said
another rpember, Gahasem.
"W e ask all Americans and others to sup­port
us in exposing Khomeini and all dictator­ships
worldwide," Gahasem said.
The group plans to ask Associated Students
o f NAU for official recognition this week.
Editor’s note: this Friday several other Ira­nian
tfadents give their versions or Iran’s
political situation.
Does ERA strike terror foi society?
By Irma Velasco
• “ If the ERA passes, unisexual toilets will
be installed all over the country.”
• " I f the ERA passes, homosexual mar­riages
will become the norm ."
• " I f the ERA passes, Congress will have
the power to draft women.”
• “ If the ERA passes, the family will be
destroyed.”
Phyllis Schlafly, you may have met your
match.
T h a t are-women - and m a i ~ *ju> are do­ing
evetything they can to d e s tro y w fallacies
riddling the Equal Rights Amendment.
Witness a recent educational workshop on
the ERA in Flagstaff, sponsored by the local
chapter of National Organization of Women,
the Flagstaff Women’s Resource Center, and
NAU's Associated Women’s Students.
" I t ’s hard to believe that these 23 words,
the text o f the ERA, asking for simple equali­ty,
could strike such te n o r in the heart of a
democratic society," said local attorney
Patrice Horstman.
A diverse audience o f about 60 people at­tended
the workshops on ERA’S relationships
with society, the law, the draft, tfce Mormon
Church, homemakers and men. ' ' —
"A s an issue of human rights, it’s a very
Old issue," said NAU Associate Sociology
Professor Florence Karlstrom. The amend­ment
was introduced and reintroduced in
Congress for S8 years until it finally passed in
1972, she said.
When the polls show 63 percent of the
American public approves of the ERA,
Karlstrom said, it is hard to understand why
state ratification has been so difficult.
The ERA must be approved by 38 states by
June 1982. Three more states are needed to in­clude
the amendment in the U.S. Constitu-
Karlstrom said society is suffering a
"culture lag” about the ERA. Society has
changed -- in marriage, in the family, in the
movement of women into the work force -
but people still refuse to accept equality for
women.
“ There is kind of an out-of-sync feature
with the E RA ," Karlstrom said. "The issues
~ are so dear that we have to entertain the ques­tion,
W hat’s the hold-up?"
One reason for the lag is people’s very real
fear of change, Karlstrom said, "change in its
own time is just too fast."
Karlstrom'suggested our institutions end
industries find it advantageous to exploit a
large pool of unskilled, available, low-paid
workers, the bulk of which are women.
The importance of having a uniform, na­tional
guarantee of equal protection in the law
is essential so women can stop losing, stressed
"The ERA addresses a single issue: the
roles women are to play in sodety,”
Horstman said.
See ERA Page 5
Voting rights stripped from rep
Sherri Smyth was a representative for SAC
dormitory on Men’s Inter-Hall Council until
a few weeks ago. That’s when MIHC took
away her voting rights because it was contrary
to the organization’s constitution to have a
female representive, according to Dave Mc-
Casland, SAC president.
McCasland appealed to the Assoaatcd
Women Students of NAU Wednesday, Oct.
21, for support against the MIHC dedsion to
not accept a female as a representative of the
men o f SAC.
A number o f MIHC representatives
asserted that Smyth was not a representative
bccause it was unconstitutional for her to be
on the council, said McCasland.
They made her an honorary representative
with non-voting status, he said.
" I think it’s atrocious that any club on
campus would kick out a representative not
because she’s a lousy member, but just
because she’s a w om an,” said Chris
McMahon, ASNAU junior councilperson.
McMahon moved that AWS support SAC,
and the motion was upheld.
“ According to our constitution now, .a
female representative is not a legal represen­ta
tiv e ,” said Phil Y ounger, M IH C
president."
She was actually placed as not even a
member, but an honorary member, pending
dedsion, said Younger.
MIHC’s judiciary committee was scheduled
to bring an amendment to the floor Tuesday,
dealing with the possibility of a woman as an
MIHC representative.
The result of the meeting was unknown at
press time.
"Everybody likes Sherri. She’s a super
gal,” said Younger. He went on to say that
she has been a good representative in SAC
dorm.
“ This is nothing against Sherri and nothing
against women. We are not against ERA.”
said Younger. “ We have to go with the con­stitution...
This is just something we Rave to
deal w ith," he said.
Smyth declined to comment prior to the
decisive MIHC meeting Tuesday.
Police Science grads say arrest mishandled
NAU arrest protested by students
Widespread publidty of the recent arrest of
an NAU police sdence instructor could have
been avoided if the administration and police
department had handled the case differently,
said several police sdence graduate students.
The graduate students told ASNAU of­ficers
at th d r Thursday meeting the police
sdence department was embarrassed by
statewide media coverage in the arrest of in­structor
Kdth Allen Ritchie Oct. 17.
Ritchie was arrested in his Tucson home by
NAU Police Chief Bob Kaecker on charges of
felony theft by embezzlement o f two firearms
from NAU.
“ He is currently under charges of theft bas­ed
upon the evidence we have concerning two
weapons," said Coconino County Attorney
Terry Hance.
Previous reports indicated Ritchie was ar­rested
in connection with the theft of 37
firearms from NAU. A number of weapons
are currently missing from the university,
Hance said.
R itchie was released on hft own
recognizance Oct. 19 following an appearance
before Flagstaff Justice o f the Peace Donna
Kirk. Grand jury proceedings are set for Dec.
3.
Matt Alberto, Rod Vanhorn, Rob Pineda,
Richard Conine and Tony Bowcts complain­ed
that the handling o f the inddent put NAU
and espedally the NAU police sdence depart­ment
in a “ poor light.”
“ We fed this Jjublidty is not helping the
department, and we feel because o f this we
(police sdence students) will not be looked
upon very w dl,” Pineda said.
N egatte publidty could have been avoided
had the Mmmistratiofr«Td police department
investigated allegations against Ritchie
without arresting him, the students said.
“ An indictment, subpoena or summons
would not have been such adverse publidty.
They could have requested^ hjm to answer
such allegations rather than put NAU in the
public eye,” Pineda said.
The police sdence students asked ASNAU
to support them in a complaint to the ad­ministration
regarding the handling of the
case. ASNAU officers agreed only to meet
with the concerned parties to discuss the mat­ter
jointly.
Police Chief Kaecker said he was directed
by NAU President Eugene Hughes to in­vestigate
the missing firearms a year ago. He
said he then went to NAU’s legal advisetSand
later to the Coconino County attorney with
his findings, and the county attorney decided
to file charges.
“ 1 d on’t know how dse we would have pro­ceeded.
When a felony is involved, we take
the case to the county attorney and get the ar­rest
warrant through him ,” Kaecker said.
“ When it’s a felony we d on’t subpoena. In
a misdemeanor it might have been different,”
Kaecker said.
Temporary gas lines to be
constructed on campus
A temporary natural gas line will be con­structed
to serve NAU’s North Campus while
a new gas line distribution system is installed,
NAU Vice President for Administration and
Finance Frank H. Besnette announced yester­day.
Additional gas leaks have been discovered
since Oct. 26 in the lines serving north cam­pus,
Besnette explained. The temporary line is
being installed so that the existing system may
be taken out of service as soon as possible, he
said. This line will supply natural gas to North
Campus during the construction o f the new
gas distribution system, said Besnette.
“ In a conference with officals from
Southern Union Gas Company and an
engineering consultation firm, it was dedded
that a temporary gas line should be con­structed
for the North Campus as a precau­tionary
measure," said Besnette.
"Additional pressure on the lines due to the
colder weather has caused further deteriora­tion
of the system, and although the situation
is still under control, the declining seasonal
temperatures make it increasingly difficult to
keep up with the gas leaks. That is why the
dedsion was made to install a temporary line
and take the old line out of service per-manantly,"
Besnette said.
Besnette' said construction should begin
next week on the temporary line, which will
run above ground, paralleling the old system
and endrding Campus Heights and the other
married housing units. The new gas line
system is expected to be completed in 60 fair
weather working days, be said.
Bids for the construction o f the new system
go out Nov. 3 and will be recdved Nov. 6,
Besnette said.
Briefs A tour through London’s live theater
Page 6
Part two of Stem ’s amazing N B A
predictions
Page 8
Slim salaries in store for new teachers
Page 9 ____________________________
Is the sale of AWACS
to Saudi Arabia a
mistake?
Page 4
Inside Artifacts.................Page 6
Campus Capsules......Page 2
Classifieds.............Page 10
Editorials............ Page 4
Grants.....................Pafle 2
Letters...................Page 4
Sports Shorts........ Page 8
Residents were given a choice of dissolving thdr NAU housing
contracts of transfering to one of the other men’s dormitories at
Cottage City rental rates.
dollars
What do you do with an empty keg after the party la over? Sigma Phi
Epallon knows. The social fraternity rolled an empty keg from Tuc­son
to Phoenix to raise money lor the Flagstall Big Brothers last
Friday and Saturday. The keg and the fraternity left Marana at 9 a.m.
Friday and reached Chandler at 4 p.m. Saturday. The organization
only rolled to Chandler because the roll went farther than expected
In a faster time. Above, Bill Loos, Cottonwood freshman, rolls the
keg on Highway 87 near the San Carlos Reservation. The amount of
money made in the keg roll was not known at press time.
Former Collage City residents Jeffrey Farrell, Mike Milczarek
and others asked ASNAU officers for support in seeking compen­sation
for the residents.
They complained that Cottage City was closed before the results
o f an engineering team’s study was completed. Some residents were
looking into the university’s legal obligations, they said.
"W e’re just asking for your moral support in our difficulties
with the administration,” Milczarek said.
See ASNAU Page 5

Cottage City
residents ask
for support
Associated Students of NAU will request that all documents,
reports and studies relating to Cottage City’s closure be presented
to ASNAU officers for review, but a motion to ask the administra­tion
for a S50 relocation fee for each of the residents was tabled un­til
a future meeting. The measures followed complaints by several
former College City residents at the Oct.22 ASNAU meeting.
Cottage City’s 135 male residents were given approximately three
days to relocate after faulty natural gas lines were discovered at the
complex last week. Cottage City’s ^closure will be permanent,
university officials said.
Asks support to expose ‘dictator’
Iranian group founds
Anti-Khomeini faction
By Kate Riley
A Coalition of Democratic Iranian
Students that opposes Ayatollah Khomeini’s
regime in Iran is forming on the NAU cam­pus.
So fur, more than 30 Iranians have join­ed
the weekly meetings to dfstw s what’s hap­pening
in their war-torn homeland.
"The main importance of our coalition is
to unite Iranian students here and let them
know what’s going on in Ira^u The main goal
is to expose the reactionary government of
Iran and let Americans and Iranians know
what counterrevolutionaries they (the govern­ment
leaders) are,” said Morteza, an Iranian
Student who requested his whole name not be
used.
Morteza said the coalition stresses pure
democracy. There is not a group president or
chairman, and all decisions are jointly made.
However, the coalition does have an adviser-
Assistant Sociology Professor David McKell.
“ I’ve had some o f the students in my dass
for the last two years. I’ve given them support
because they have a difficult time getting their
message across. They were often mistaken as
pro-Khomeini during the hostage situation.
“ I^hink they are very well-organized. The
common core seems to be that they are anti-
Khomeini," McKell said.
Morteza said the group advocates complete
democracy in Iran and that the populace no
longer supports Khomeini’s regime, which he
described as a "center of facsism.”
“ Almost 90 percent of Iranians backed
Khomeini when he came in, because he was a
leader of the anti-dictatorship. Then he
betrayed the confidence o f the people and
killed the democratic movement.
“ When Khomeini came in, we all hoped for
freedom, but no one has it now,” he said.
Although he denounced Khomieni as a
"pet>MroiK*oise passive reactio n ary ,”
responsible for hundreds of political assasina-tions,
Morteza said the group hopes the
Ayatollah will not be murdered.
"W e don’t want Khomeini assasinated-that
would make him a hero. We want him in
a people’s court," Morteza said.
Morteza requested his surname not be used
for fear of, reprisals against himself and his
family, he said.
“ How can I be an Iranian and fear for my
life when my brothers and sisters are giving
their lives? I am worried about my family but
the nation comes first.
"M ost of us are only here for studying pur­poses.
We are getting an education but
nothing is better than home,” Morteza said.
Morteza said he believed some Khomeini
supporters may be spying on politically-minded
Iranian students in foreign univer­sities.
Some threats have already been in­sinuated
against the coalition here, said
another rpember, Gahasem.
"W e ask all Americans and others to sup­port
us in exposing Khomeini and all dictator­ships
worldwide," Gahasem said.
The group plans to ask Associated Students
o f NAU for official recognition this week.
Editor’s note: this Friday several other Ira­nian
tfadents give their versions or Iran’s
political situation.
Does ERA strike terror foi society?
By Irma Velasco
• “ If the ERA passes, unisexual toilets will
be installed all over the country.”
• " I f the ERA passes, homosexual mar­riages
will become the norm ."
• " I f the ERA passes, Congress will have
the power to draft women.”
• “ If the ERA passes, the family will be
destroyed.”
Phyllis Schlafly, you may have met your
match.
T h a t are-women - and m a i ~ *ju> are do­ing
evetything they can to d e s tro y w fallacies
riddling the Equal Rights Amendment.
Witness a recent educational workshop on
the ERA in Flagstaff, sponsored by the local
chapter of National Organization of Women,
the Flagstaff Women’s Resource Center, and
NAU's Associated Women’s Students.
" I t ’s hard to believe that these 23 words,
the text o f the ERA, asking for simple equali­ty,
could strike such te n o r in the heart of a
democratic society," said local attorney
Patrice Horstman.
A diverse audience o f about 60 people at­tended
the workshops on ERA’S relationships
with society, the law, the draft, tfce Mormon
Church, homemakers and men. ' ' —
"A s an issue of human rights, it’s a very
Old issue," said NAU Associate Sociology
Professor Florence Karlstrom. The amend­ment
was introduced and reintroduced in
Congress for S8 years until it finally passed in
1972, she said.
When the polls show 63 percent of the
American public approves of the ERA,
Karlstrom said, it is hard to understand why
state ratification has been so difficult.
The ERA must be approved by 38 states by
June 1982. Three more states are needed to in­clude
the amendment in the U.S. Constitu-
Karlstrom said society is suffering a
"culture lag” about the ERA. Society has
changed -- in marriage, in the family, in the
movement of women into the work force -
but people still refuse to accept equality for
women.
“ There is kind of an out-of-sync feature
with the E RA ," Karlstrom said. "The issues
~ are so dear that we have to entertain the ques­tion,
W hat’s the hold-up?"
One reason for the lag is people’s very real
fear of change, Karlstrom said, "change in its
own time is just too fast."
Karlstrom'suggested our institutions end
industries find it advantageous to exploit a
large pool of unskilled, available, low-paid
workers, the bulk of which are women.
The importance of having a uniform, na­tional
guarantee of equal protection in the law
is essential so women can stop losing, stressed
"The ERA addresses a single issue: the
roles women are to play in sodety,”
Horstman said.
See ERA Page 5
Voting rights stripped from rep
Sherri Smyth was a representative for SAC
dormitory on Men’s Inter-Hall Council until
a few weeks ago. That’s when MIHC took
away her voting rights because it was contrary
to the organization’s constitution to have a
female representive, according to Dave Mc-
Casland, SAC president.
McCasland appealed to the Assoaatcd
Women Students of NAU Wednesday, Oct.
21, for support against the MIHC dedsion to
not accept a female as a representative of the
men o f SAC.
A number o f MIHC representatives
asserted that Smyth was not a representative
bccause it was unconstitutional for her to be
on the council, said McCasland.
They made her an honorary representative
with non-voting status, he said.
" I think it’s atrocious that any club on
campus would kick out a representative not
because she’s a lousy member, but just
because she’s a w om an,” said Chris
McMahon, ASNAU junior councilperson.
McMahon moved that AWS support SAC,
and the motion was upheld.
“ According to our constitution now, .a
female representative is not a legal represen­ta
tiv e ,” said Phil Y ounger, M IH C
president."
She was actually placed as not even a
member, but an honorary member, pending
dedsion, said Younger.
MIHC’s judiciary committee was scheduled
to bring an amendment to the floor Tuesday,
dealing with the possibility of a woman as an
MIHC representative.
The result of the meeting was unknown at
press time.
"Everybody likes Sherri. She’s a super
gal,” said Younger. He went on to say that
she has been a good representative in SAC
dorm.
“ This is nothing against Sherri and nothing
against women. We are not against ERA.”
said Younger. “ We have to go with the con­stitution...
This is just something we Rave to
deal w ith," he said.
Smyth declined to comment prior to the
decisive MIHC meeting Tuesday.
Police Science grads say arrest mishandled
NAU arrest protested by students
Widespread publidty of the recent arrest of
an NAU police sdence instructor could have
been avoided if the administration and police
department had handled the case differently,
said several police sdence graduate students.
The graduate students told ASNAU of­ficers
at th d r Thursday meeting the police
sdence department was embarrassed by
statewide media coverage in the arrest of in­structor
Kdth Allen Ritchie Oct. 17.
Ritchie was arrested in his Tucson home by
NAU Police Chief Bob Kaecker on charges of
felony theft by embezzlement o f two firearms
from NAU.
“ He is currently under charges of theft bas­ed
upon the evidence we have concerning two
weapons," said Coconino County Attorney
Terry Hance.
Previous reports indicated Ritchie was ar­rested
in connection with the theft of 37
firearms from NAU. A number of weapons
are currently missing from the university,
Hance said.
R itchie was released on hft own
recognizance Oct. 19 following an appearance
before Flagstaff Justice o f the Peace Donna
Kirk. Grand jury proceedings are set for Dec.
3.
Matt Alberto, Rod Vanhorn, Rob Pineda,
Richard Conine and Tony Bowcts complain­ed
that the handling o f the inddent put NAU
and espedally the NAU police sdence depart­ment
in a “ poor light.”
“ We fed this Jjublidty is not helping the
department, and we feel because o f this we
(police sdence students) will not be looked
upon very w dl,” Pineda said.
N egatte publidty could have been avoided
had the Mmmistratiofr«Td police department
investigated allegations against Ritchie
without arresting him, the students said.
“ An indictment, subpoena or summons
would not have been such adverse publidty.
They could have requested^ hjm to answer
such allegations rather than put NAU in the
public eye,” Pineda said.
The police sdence students asked ASNAU
to support them in a complaint to the ad­ministration
regarding the handling of the
case. ASNAU officers agreed only to meet
with the concerned parties to discuss the mat­ter
jointly.
Police Chief Kaecker said he was directed
by NAU President Eugene Hughes to in­vestigate
the missing firearms a year ago. He
said he then went to NAU’s legal advisetSand
later to the Coconino County attorney with
his findings, and the county attorney decided
to file charges.
“ 1 d on’t know how dse we would have pro­ceeded.
When a felony is involved, we take
the case to the county attorney and get the ar­rest
warrant through him ,” Kaecker said.
“ When it’s a felony we d on’t subpoena. In
a misdemeanor it might have been different,”
Kaecker said.
Temporary gas lines to be
constructed on campus
A temporary natural gas line will be con­structed
to serve NAU’s North Campus while
a new gas line distribution system is installed,
NAU Vice President for Administration and
Finance Frank H. Besnette announced yester­day.
Additional gas leaks have been discovered
since Oct. 26 in the lines serving north cam­pus,
Besnette explained. The temporary line is
being installed so that the existing system may
be taken out of service as soon as possible, he
said. This line will supply natural gas to North
Campus during the construction o f the new
gas distribution system, said Besnette.
“ In a conference with officals from
Southern Union Gas Company and an
engineering consultation firm, it was dedded
that a temporary gas line should be con­structed
for the North Campus as a precau­tionary
measure," said Besnette.
"Additional pressure on the lines due to the
colder weather has caused further deteriora­tion
of the system, and although the situation
is still under control, the declining seasonal
temperatures make it increasingly difficult to
keep up with the gas leaks. That is why the
dedsion was made to install a temporary line
and take the old line out of service per-manantly,"
Besnette said.
Besnette' said construction should begin
next week on the temporary line, which will
run above ground, paralleling the old system
and endrding Campus Heights and the other
married housing units. The new gas line
system is expected to be completed in 60 fair
weather working days, be said.
Bids for the construction o f the new system
go out Nov. 3 and will be recdved Nov. 6,
Besnette said.
Briefs A tour through London’s live theater
Page 6
Part two of Stem ’s amazing N B A
predictions
Page 8
Slim salaries in store for new teachers
Page 9 ____________________________
Is the sale of AWACS
to Saudi Arabia a
mistake?
Page 4
Inside Artifacts.................Page 6
Campus Capsules......Page 2
Classifieds.............Page 10
Editorials............ Page 4
Grants.....................Pafle 2
Letters...................Page 4
Sports Shorts........ Page 8
Residents were given a choice of dissolving thdr NAU housing
contracts of transfering to one of the other men’s dormitories at
Cottage City rental rates.
dollars
What do you do with an empty keg after the party la over? Sigma Phi
Epallon knows. The social fraternity rolled an empty keg from Tuc­son
to Phoenix to raise money lor the Flagstall Big Brothers last
Friday and Saturday. The keg and the fraternity left Marana at 9 a.m.
Friday and reached Chandler at 4 p.m. Saturday. The organization
only rolled to Chandler because the roll went farther than expected
In a faster time. Above, Bill Loos, Cottonwood freshman, rolls the
keg on Highway 87 near the San Carlos Reservation. The amount of
money made in the keg roll was not known at press time.
Former Collage City residents Jeffrey Farrell, Mike Milczarek
and others asked ASNAU officers for support in seeking compen­sation
for the residents.
They complained that Cottage City was closed before the results
o f an engineering team’s study was completed. Some residents were
looking into the university’s legal obligations, they said.
"W e’re just asking for your moral support in our difficulties
with the administration,” Milczarek said.
See ASNAU Page 5